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Post by inger on Jun 11, 2023 11:36:27 GMT -5
Anatidaephobia is the fear that a duck may be watching you...How do people develop these strange fears?…  Aaaaaaaaaagggggggghhhhhhhh! A duck! I hope he doesn’t say “AFLAC!” Thst’s my actual fear… Aflacadacaphoebia… |
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Post by rizzuto on Jun 11, 2023 15:25:14 GMT -5
Anatidaephobia is the fear that a duck may be watching you...How do people develop these strange fears?… "I always feel like a duck is watching me" |
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Post by kaybli on Jun 13, 2023 17:42:51 GMT -5
lol at the look on Jomboy and Jake's faces trying not to laugh.
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Post by inger on Jun 13, 2023 17:57:40 GMT -5
lol at the look on Jomboy and Jake's faces trying not to laugh.
Perfect way to sit when one is talking out of their ass… |
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Post by rizzuto on Jun 13, 2023 18:13:02 GMT -5
lol at the look on Jomboy and Jake's faces trying not to laugh.
Perfect way to sit when one is talking out of their ass… I have never been able to sit like that at any time in my life. I had to sit like a frog in kindergarten when we were on the floor. |
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Post by inger on Jun 13, 2023 20:48:35 GMT -5
Perfect way to sit when one is talking out of their ass… I have never been able to sit like that at any time in my life. I had to sit like a frog in kindergarten when we were on the floor. I never found it comfortable, but I could do it when I was younger. Not a chance now… |
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Post by kaybli on Jun 16, 2023 11:45:10 GMT -5
are you safe from the Texas tornadoes? I didn't look much into where the storms hit, but hoping you are okay!
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Post by rizzuto on Jun 16, 2023 12:19:00 GMT -5
are you safe from the Texas tornadoes? I didn't look much into where the storms hit, but hoping you are okay!
What are you talking about? I love these guys! |
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Post by kaybli on Jun 16, 2023 12:21:39 GMT -5
are you safe from the Texas tornadoes? I didn't look much into where the storms hit, but hoping you are okay!
What are you talking about? I love these guys!  |
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Post by rizzuto on Jun 16, 2023 12:33:19 GMT -5
are you safe from the Texas tornadoes? I didn't look much into where the storms hit, but hoping you are okay!
I never watch the news so I was unaware until your post. Thanks for thinking of me, but I am physically fine (mentally is always up in the air, waiting for the coin toss). I looked up the damage, and it seems to be near the Texas Panhandle. Far away from me. A couple nights ago, I was awakened by the air horn warning for tornados, but I just rolled over. When my sister hears the horn, she puts on a helmet and takes all the animals into the bathroom. I'm on the first floor of a four story apartment complex, so I figure, the tenants above me provide some buffer zone for damage. I suppose growing up with hurricanes, which can also supply tornadoes, in south Louisiana has inured me from panic to natural events. Either one is in danger or not, depending upon where one's freight is parked at the time. I do not tempt events - like chasing storms or playing golf outside during inclement weather - but I rarely worry. Similar to being on an an airplane. Why panic? There is nothing one can do but remain calm and watch everyone else emoting. I do appreciate the concern, Kay. You're a prince! |
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Post by inger on Jun 16, 2023 13:47:09 GMT -5
are you safe from the Texas tornadoes? I didn't look much into where the storms hit, but hoping you are okay!
I never watch the news so I was unaware until your post. Thanks for thinking of me, but I am physically fine (mentally is always up in the air, waiting for the coin toss). I looked up the damage, and it seems to be near the Texas Panhandle. Far away from me. A couple nights ago, I was awakened by the air horn warning for tornados, but I just rolled over. When my sister hears the horn, she puts on a helmet and takes all the animals into the bathroom. I'm on the first floor of a four story apartment complex, so I figure, the tenants above me provide some buffer zone for damage. I suppose growing up with hurricanes, which can also supply tornadoes, in south Louisiana has inured me from panic to natural events. Either one is in danger or not, depending upon where one's freight is parked at the time. I do not tempt events - like chasing storms or playing golf outside during inclement weather - but I rarely worry. Similar to being on an an airplane. Why panic? There is nothing one can do but remain calm and watch everyone else emoting. I do appreciate the concern, Kay. You're a prince! He is a prince. I know because he sent me a note once. Something about being stranded in Ethiopia with no access to his billion dollar inheritance. If I sent him $200 in gift cards from Walmart he would share with me when he gets the funds. It’s only been 22 years ago, so I’m sure he’s still working on it… |
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Post by pippsheadache on Jun 16, 2023 13:55:05 GMT -5
are you safe from the Texas tornadoes? I didn't look much into where the storms hit, but hoping you are okay!
I never watch the news so I was unaware until your post. Thanks for thinking of me, but I am physically fine (mentally is always up in the air, waiting for the coin toss). I looked up the damage, and it seems to be near the Texas Panhandle. Far away from me. A couple nights ago, I was awakened by the air horn warning for tornados, but I just rolled over. When my sister hears the horn, she puts on a helmet and takes all the animals into the bathroom. I'm on the first floor of a four story apartment complex, so I figure, the tenants above me provide some buffer zone for damage. I suppose growing up with hurricanes, which can also supply tornadoes, in south Louisiana has inured me from panic to natural events. Either one is in danger or not, depending upon where one's freight is parked at the time. I do not tempt events - like chasing storms or playing golf outside during inclement weather - but I rarely worry. Similar to being on an an airplane. Why panic? There is nothing one can do but remain calm and watch everyone else emoting. I do appreciate the concern, Kay. You're a prince! The Panhandle has more than its share. I am inexplicably attracted to that vast and empty and often bleak area -- the Buddy Holly connection in Lubbock, The Big Texan (should be on everybody's list of ten restaurants to visit before you die), Cadillac Ranch, funky downtown Route 66 in Amarillo, Palo Duro Canyon -- it clears your head. And apropos of nothing Rizz but I keep meaning to ask -- are you familiar with a book called "To Have And Have Another" by Philip Greene? It chronicles all of the drinking in Hemingway's works. I just discovered it. Every cocktail, every variety of wine, every beer -- it's in there. I've seen similar compilations of food, drink and cars for James Bond, but this is the first I noticed this for Papa. When I recently read "Francis Macomber" at your recommendation, in the first paragraph they were drinking gimlets, which immediately dates the story. Maybe Desousa can tell us if gimlets were being ordered during his bartending days. I would be a bit surprised if they were, but different regions have different proclivities. |
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Post by rizzuto on Jun 16, 2023 15:50:52 GMT -5
I never watch the news so I was unaware until your post. Thanks for thinking of me, but I am physically fine (mentally is always up in the air, waiting for the coin toss). I looked up the damage, and it seems to be near the Texas Panhandle. Far away from me. A couple nights ago, I was awakened by the air horn warning for tornados, but I just rolled over. When my sister hears the horn, she puts on a helmet and takes all the animals into the bathroom. I'm on the first floor of a four story apartment complex, so I figure, the tenants above me provide some buffer zone for damage. I suppose growing up with hurricanes, which can also supply tornadoes, in south Louisiana has inured me from panic to natural events. Either one is in danger or not, depending upon where one's freight is parked at the time. I do not tempt events - like chasing storms or playing golf outside during inclement weather - but I rarely worry. Similar to being on an an airplane. Why panic? There is nothing one can do but remain calm and watch everyone else emoting. I do appreciate the concern, Kay. You're a prince! The Panhandle has more than its share. I am inexplicably attracted to that vast and empty and often bleak area -- the Buddy Holly connection in Lubbock, The Big Texan (should be on everybody's list of ten restaurants to visit before you die), Cadillac Ranch, funky downtown Route 66 in Amarillo, Palo Duro Canyon -- it clears your head. And apropos of nothing Rizz but I keep meaning to ask -- are you familiar with a book called "To Have And Have Another" by Philip Greene? It chronicles all of the drinking in Hemingway's works. I just discovered it. Every cocktail, every variety of wine, every beer -- it's in there. I've seen similar compilations of food, drink and cars for James Bond, but this is the first I noticed this for Papa. When I recently read "Francis Macomber" at your recommendation, in the first paragraph they were drinking gimlets, which immediately dates the story. Maybe Desousa can tell us if gimlets were being ordered during his bartending days. I would be a bit surprised if they were, but different regions have different proclivities. You make an excellent case for taking a road trip to the Texas Panhandle. Unfortunately, I am not familiar with "To Have And Have Another" but I will keep a look out. Just took a glance at my nearby Half Price Books stores, but they do not have it in stock. Gimlets make me think of Major General Smedley Darlington Butler, "The Fighting Quaker," who at the time of his death was the most decorated Marine in United States' history. Another sobriquet given to him by his men was "Old Gimlet Eye," as he tenaciously led his troops despite a 104 degree malaria induced fever. Please have a look at his (free on-line) treatise "War Is A Racket" circa 1935. It is only about 30 odd pages and still quite relevant today. Old Gimlet Eye is from your neck of the woods, born in West Chester, Pennsylvania. After retirement, he resided in Newtown Township, Delaware County, and he is buried in Oaklands Cemetery in West Goshen Township, Pennsylvania. He is one of the most colorful, principled, and interesting beings ever to walk the planet. At one time, Butler was approached to lead a military coup to overthrow FDR and establish a Fascist dictatorship. This was referred to as the Business Plot, which was backed by a team of uber-wealthy industrialists. They approached the wrong military man at the wrong time. A generation later they would have found the likes of General Curtis LeMay, who sat smoking a cigar overseeing the botched autopsy of John F. Kennedy. The two pathologists chosen to perform the procedure were administrators who had never before performed a forensic autopsy of a shooting victim. The orderlies in the room, once retired and more than two decades later, stated that men in suits in the room would occasionally lean into the physicians and tell them, "That's enough of there. Move on." The brain was ordered to be preserved for further study; however, JFK's brain disappeared in 1966 and has never been relocated. The pathologist who took notes of the autopsy later admitted to destroying them by burning them in his home's fireplace. |
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Post by kaybli on Jun 16, 2023 16:52:38 GMT -5
are you safe from the Texas tornadoes? I didn't look much into where the storms hit, but hoping you are okay!
I never watch the news so I was unaware until your post. Thanks for thinking of me, but I am physically fine (mentally is always up in the air, waiting for the coin toss). I looked up the damage, and it seems to be near the Texas Panhandle. Far away from me. A couple nights ago, I was awakened by the air horn warning for tornados, but I just rolled over. When my sister hears the horn, she puts on a helmet and takes all the animals into the bathroom. I'm on the first floor of a four story apartment complex, so I figure, the tenants above me provide some buffer zone for damage. I suppose growing up with hurricanes, which can also supply tornadoes, in south Louisiana has inured me from panic to natural events. Either one is in danger or not, depending upon where one's freight is parked at the time. I do not tempt events - like chasing storms or playing golf outside during inclement weather - but I rarely worry. Similar to being on an an airplane. Why panic? There is nothing one can do but remain calm and watch everyone else emoting. I do appreciate the concern, Kay. You're a prince! Sure rizz, no problem. Glad you are safe! |
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Post by kaybli on Jun 16, 2023 16:53:11 GMT -5
I never watch the news so I was unaware until your post. Thanks for thinking of me, but I am physically fine (mentally is always up in the air, waiting for the coin toss). I looked up the damage, and it seems to be near the Texas Panhandle. Far away from me. A couple nights ago, I was awakened by the air horn warning for tornados, but I just rolled over. When my sister hears the horn, she puts on a helmet and takes all the animals into the bathroom. I'm on the first floor of a four story apartment complex, so I figure, the tenants above me provide some buffer zone for damage. I suppose growing up with hurricanes, which can also supply tornadoes, in south Louisiana has inured me from panic to natural events. Either one is in danger or not, depending upon where one's freight is parked at the time. I do not tempt events - like chasing storms or playing golf outside during inclement weather - but I rarely worry. Similar to being on an an airplane. Why panic? There is nothing one can do but remain calm and watch everyone else emoting. I do appreciate the concern, Kay. You're a prince! He is a prince. I know because he sent me a note once. Something about being stranded in Ethiopia with no access to his billion dollar inheritance. If I sent him $200 in gift cards from Walmart he would share with me when he gets the funds. It’s only been 22 years ago, so I’m sure he’s still working on it… I still need your credit card number to proceed inger. |
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